Example sentences of "[noun] of a large [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here we are reminded of studies carried out some years ago in Germany on the personality characteristics of a large group of professional painters and sculptors . |
| 2 | While this solution lurked in the consciousness of a large number of US citizens and was eventually to appeal to Hitler and the SS , it was not the kind of thing the Americans admitted or believed about themselves , and was certainly not the kind of solution they wished to offer to their civilised European cousins . |
| 3 | Efficient N-Oct 3 expression in vivo depends on deletion of a large portion of the 3' untranslated sequence , implying that it is likely to be a determinant of RNA instability . |
| 4 | A right-wing organization , the Boerestaat ( Boer Homeland ) , claimed that it was behind the theft of a large quantity of arms and ammunition from Air Force headquarters in Pretoria on the night of April 13-14 . |
| 5 | The marathon will result in the closure of a large number of London streets on Sunday . |
| 6 | However , he failed to point out that the same trends could equally be the result of a large variety of other factors . |
| 7 | It is caused by the pooling of a large proportion of the circulating red cells by the spleen and is a major cause of infant mortality . |
| 8 | This observation was the starting point for a study of a large sample of gold-weights from three museums . |
| 9 | And a study of a large group of Scottish secondary school leavers , surveyed after taking their ‘ Highers ’ , found that ‘ the most common single method of study was ‘ exercises , worked examples , proses , translations ’ ( 73% ) followed by ‘ having notes dictated to you in class ’ ( 60% ) ' . |
| 10 | Being the recipient of a large number of offers to ‘ Pay Now Die Later ’ I asked my wife that if she ‘ Oh surprise me ’ was her reply . |
| 11 | Instead , it was felt that the principal impact would be in preventing the transfer to the car of a large number of cyclists who would otherwise |
| 12 | an original term for work printed on one side of a large sheet of paper . |
| 13 | ‘ He ca n't have been much fun to live with ; his wife would n't necessarily have been heartbroken , ’ Guy commented drily , finally releasing her and going in search of a large box of tissues . |
| 14 | CREDITPLAN FLEXI START BANKLOAN was the headline of a large advertisement of such a bank . |
| 15 | There is also the added bonus of a large range of typefaces and the ability to mix graphics with the text . |
| 16 | Secondly , the planning of a new town-laying out the lines of streets , lanes , markets , churches and house-plots over a considerable area — required , after all , the investment of a large amount of capital , and a greater degree of economic optimism than most landowners could contemplate . |
| 17 | To break into the desktop publishing market as portrayed by the press , however , requires the investment of a large amount of time familiarising staff with a completely new technology and learning about the markets into which you intend to sell . |
| 18 | It will be taking place immediately beside , behind and in front of the homes of a large number of my constituents . |
| 19 | The life style of the bourgeois lady was purchased at the expense of a large class of servants , often prone to sexual depredations , and an equally vulnerable group of prostitutes . |
| 20 | We examined the immunoreactivity of a large range of tumour marker antisera in a series of adenocarcinomas and their respective metastases to determine whether patterns of reactivity could help identify the primary sites of metastases and to assess the clinical value of this system as a routine method of investigation . |
| 21 | The analysis also highlighted the complexity of the relationship between the CSSU and the departments , and the problems that inevitably arise when trying to meet the demands of a large number of customers whose requirements differ . |
| 22 | IN the vertebrate immune system the recognition of a large variety of antigens is achieved by antigen-specific lymphocyte receptors , the immunoglobulin on B lymphocytes and the T-cell antigen receptor on T lymphocytes . |
| 23 | A favoured hypothesis is that the persistence of a large body of magma allows it to become vertically stratified with the more viscous and gas-rich component accumulating towards the top ( Fig. 5.16 ) . |
| 24 | Osburn 's points were that his fellow Englishmen in India , whose heartless behaviour towards Indians he described in some detail , failed to ‘ realize that the British Empire depends for its existence on obtaining the consent and the friendly co-operation of the races governed ’ , and that the demand for independence ‘ need never have arisen but for the arrogance and want of tact of a large percentage of Englishmen who , in one capacity or another , are resident in India ’ . |
| 25 | The second phase of Gullfaks would involve the exploitation of the eastern part of a large field of which the western part is due to come on stream in 1987 . |
| 26 | The above quotations are part of a large batch of letters forwarded from the BBC which arrived on my mat ten days after the programme went out . |
| 27 | Figure 9.2 shows what a very small part of a large database of axe shapes might look like . |
| 28 | Some of those which contain Book 1 only , for example the fourteenth-century Vernon and Simeon manuscripts , include it as part of a large collection of medieval texts . |
| 29 | Indeed he suggests that despite its problems hierarchy remains the most efficient mechanism for integrating the activities of a large group of people , of making an organization work effectively . |
| 30 | At this early stage of self-organisation , the existence of a large number of socialist and left-wing parties in Russia is inevitable and useful . |